multiple-validators.md

Multiple validators

Configure a chain with 2 full accounts and validators

 rm -rf .burrow* .keys*
 burrow spec -f2 | burrow configure -s- --pool

Start the network

Start the first node

burrow start --config=burrow000.toml

You will see Blockpool has no peers in burrow000.log. The node has not enough validator power in order to have quorum (2/3) on the network, so it is blocked waiting for the second validator to join.

Start the second node

burrow start --config=burrow001.toml

If the connection successed, you will see empty blocks automatically created Sending vote message and Finalizing commit of block with 0 txs, you can see consensus state:

curl -s 127.0.0.1:26758/consensus

Send transactions to the blockchain

You can start to send transactions.